Best Ever Albums

Re: Meditation music

Tha1ChiefRocka — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 18:45:31 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 06/17/2020 22:45

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The Way Of Eiheiji - Zen Buddhist Ceremony by Rev. Tetsuya Inoue

One of my better contributions to the site.

Re: Meditation music

redplanet — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 18:42:43 GMT

Author: redplanet

Posted: 06/17/2020 22:42

There's a compilation called 'Music To Quieten The Mind' by Eckhart Tolle, I think is exactly what you might be looking for.

Re: Meditation music

DommeDamian — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 15:40:28 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 06/17/2020 19:40

Happy Sad - Tim Buckley
It's by far the album I've meditated to, the most, while explored the most viscerally potent things in my mind to.

Re: Meditation music

Fischman — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 15:25:33 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 06/17/2020 19:25

My favorite meditation album.

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1 Centering
2 East
3 South
4 West
5 North
6 Day Sky - Night Sky
7 Earth
8 Within (Recentering)

Re: Meditation music

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:32:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/17/2020 12:32

Interesting thread. I'm quite curious about how a death metal drone can be used to support meditation!!! I probably won't try this but it does make Sun 0))) a conceptually interesting group to me. It kind of makes sense that something slow and textural would work. Maybe the deep tones are soothing as well.

I recently read an article which said that Jazz was found in a study to be the style of music that best supported concentration. It was concluded that this could be because listening to improvisation requires greater concentration from listeners...so maybe listening to jazz could improve meditation skills but I'm not exactly sure.

Overall though I prefer to meditate with no music at all.

Re: Meditation music

Anti — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:20:31 GMT

Author: Anti

Posted: 06/16/2020 17:20

Most of Sunn O)))'s discography can fit the "meditation" criteria, but here are particular highlights:

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ØØ Void by Sunn O)))

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White1 by Sunn O)))

White2 by Sunn O)))

White 1 and 2 do feature some spoken word audio clips.

Monoliths And Dimensions by Sunn O)))
Although this one has spoken word on the intro track.

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Life Metal by Sunn O)))
There are vocals on the first track.

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Pyroclasts by Sunn O)))

I think Pyroclasts is their most meditative.

Re: Meditation music

nocturnaldelight — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 13:31:27 GMT

Author: nocturnaldelight

Posted: 06/14/2020 17:31

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So Flows The Current by Patrick O'Hearn

Re: Meditation music

RockyRaccoon — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 23:05:35 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 06/13/2020 03:05

Stars of the Lid probably the best music to meditate to that I can think of

Re: Meditation music

Spyglass — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:37:14 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 06/12/2020 17:37

saltfish wrote:

If anyone is vaguely interested in this topic, I highly recommend Pauline Oliveros' book, Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice. For music, it's hard to beat acoustic drone and oscillators.

Tim Hecker. Pretty much any Tim Hecker album is good for it, although I never specifically used Tim Hecker's music for that before, so I probably should.

Re: Meditation music

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:29:46 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/12/2020 17:29

If anyone is vaguely interested in this topic, I highly recommend Pauline Oliveros' book, Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice. For music, it's hard to beat acoustic drone and oscillators.

Meditation music

Spyglass — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:57:05 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 06/12/2020 15:57

Don Cherry's self-titled helps a lot. Of course, most things with a sitar would help but still. Violator also helps me maintain focus.